The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department has made an arrest in the arrow shooting of a 7-year-old Campbellsport girl.

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The sheriff said a 16-year-old boy shot the arrow, saying he was shooting at a squirrel in a tree.

Aryanna Schneeberg was walking down Main Street in Campbellsport on May 20 when the arrow hit her.

The arrow was fired from about 80 yards away from the balcony of an apartment building, the Sheriff's Department said.

A 17-year-old boy was also present at the time of the shooting, according to the Sheriff's Department.

The Sheriff's Department said they had interviewed the teens earlier in the investigation but decided to talk to them again. That's when the boys told the Sheriff's Department they were afraid to come forward.

They said they never saw the arrow hit Aryanna but heard her scream.

Aryanna is at home recovering after having surgery at Children's Hospital.

Aryanna's grandma is most angered by the boys' reaction.

"Run away like you're stealing a cookie from your mom's cookie jar. That's how I view it. They reacted like they were 4, not 16, 17-year-old boys," Michele Schneeberg said.

She said the family is relieved detectives solved the case.

The 16-year-old remains in juvenile detention. The 17-year-old was not arrested but could be charged with obstruction.